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• n  a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
• v  ride on a plank
• v  move up and down as if on a seesaw
• v  move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

• Torn between the conflicting demands of Iraq's Arab nationalists and Communists, Iraqi Premier Abdul Karim Kassem is trying to keep a seesaw in balance all by himself.
• In fact, such a rough-and-tumble debate is at the heart of American democracy, a 218-year-old seesaw over competing values that will and should continue for as long as we are a .
• It works like a seesaw: pushing down on the handle at one end raises the blade at the other and sends your scoops flying.

• teeter
• teeter-totter
• teetertotter
• teeterboard
• tilting board
• dandle board
• totter

News & Articles

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• Get the lowdown on must-have apps for all ages
  Whether you're a teen, a retiree, or somewhere in between, there's an app out there for you! Technology reporter, Natali Morris, highlights what's hot in the digital world.For teens:SeesawThe Seesaw app helps you crowdsource your decisions. Do these shoes match? Should I go to the movies? What kind of pizza should I order? Seesaw will get your friends' opinions when you are stumped, and let you ...
  June 7, 2013 - MSNBC

Quotes

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• Kobe Bryant in TV Sports Daily
  There have been many times this season where the starting unit struggled and the bench came in and bailed us out. Tonight was the opposite,Bryant said. "Anytime you have a game like that where you kinda seesaw down the stretch like that...
• Sean Sutton in ESPN
  I challenged him at halftime that he had to be the best point guard on the floor and he came back and scored 12 points in the second half and made a lot of big plays down the stretch,Sutton said. "It was kind of a seesaw game. I thought...
• Sir Alex Ferguson in Melbourne Herald Sun
  Goal difference can make a big difference but the seesaw way it's been going in the last few weeks, it looks as if it is going to be a fantastic run-in,Ferguson said.